Upsetting forging machine



Aug. 4, 1953 w. w. CRILEY UPSETTING FORGING MACHINE 6 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Nov. 8, 1947 INVENTOR.

lLL/AM M/ CR/LEV 'MQW :QTTO ENE-Y6.

g- 4, 1953 w. w. CRILEY 2,647,421

UPSETTING FORGING MACHINE Filed Nov. 8, 1947 6 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN VEN TOR.

WILL MM W. Cid/LE Y BY Aug. 4, 1953 w. w. CRILEY UPSETTING FORGING MACHINE Filed NOV. 8, 1947' 6 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR.

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UPSETTING FORG-ING MACHINE Filed Nov. 8, 1947 6 Sheets-Sheet 4 k INVENTOR.

' W/LL/KHI W. (RILEY Aug. 4, 1953 Filed Nov. 8, 1947' w. w. CRILEY 2,647,421

UPSETTING FORGING MACHINE 6 Sheets-Sheet 5 WILL/AM w. cre/LEY Patented Aug. 4, 1953 one STATES TENT OFFICE UPSETTING FORGING MACHINE Application November 8, 1947, Serial No. 784,785 3 Claims. (01. 78-47) This invention relates to upsetting forging machines and particularly to a control system therefor. For the purposes of illustration, the control system is shown as applied to a horizontal forging machine having the usual crank driven header slide, by which the forging tool is carried, and a grip slide by which one of the gripping dies is carried and which is driven by suitable'means such, for example, as a hydraulic cylinder, in a direction transversely of the direction of travel of the header slide.

In general, such machines perform a cycle of operation in which the stock to be upset is gripped and held firmly between a stationary grip die and a cooperating die carried by the grip slide prior to the movement of the header slide theretoward, the grip slide maintaining its grip on the material until the tool carried by the header slide not only has entered and forged the stock but also has been sufficiently withdrawn from the forged stock to become released therefrom. The amount of forward movementof the header slide toward the grip slide after the grip slide is closed is generally referred to as the stock gather" or gather and the amount of return movement or" the header slide away from the grip slide before the grip slide releases is generally referred to as the hold on or simply .hoId.

In the upsetting of tubular stock in such presses, it is the general practice tohave a mandrel or nose on the heading tool which is arranged to extendinside of the tubular stock. a considerable distance ahead of the shoulder of the tool which performs the upsetting operation. Ifis important therefore, to have the tube properly centered for the entrance of the mandrel and in cases where the upset is on the outside diameter, the mandrel must fit the tubular stock rather closely. Consequently, it is helpful. to grip the tubular stock by the grip slide even prior to the entrance'of the mandrel so as to prevent the stock from being. pushed or kicked back through the grip dies during the mandrel entrance. Likewise', it is important that the hold be only long enough so that the mandrel is withdrawn from the inside of the tubular stock prior to any release of the stock by the grip dies" so as to assure that the stock is not to be pulled out of the grip dies and does not travel with the mandrel on the return stroke of the header slide. (in the other hand, if the gather and hold are unnecessarily long, an excessive amount of heat is transferred to the dies with resultant acceler- 2 ated deterioration of the dies and a loss oftem-lperature in the tubular stock such that it is impossible to perform subsequent upsetting operations on the stock without reheating. It is important, therefore, that the grip slide cycle be in predetermined timedrelation to the header slide cycle so that the grip slide can close .and grip the stock just prior to entry of the mandreland hold it during the gather and hold period but release it promptly after the header slide with its tool and mandrel have been removed from, or sumciently released from, the stock and then to release the stock promptly for removal. Corisidering that such equipment is generally very heavy and the dynamic inertia forcesare considerable, timing of the cycles of the header slide and grip slide in relation to each other is diificult. Many factors are involved which make it desirable that considerable adjustment in the timing mechanism be provided to -meet various conditions that may arise, for example stock thickness, temperature, amount of upset and the like. The difiiculty is further complicated by the fact that it is desirable, or in fact necessary, to provide for the independent "inching of the header slide and grip slide for setting up of the ma chine.

One or the principal objects of the present in- Vention is to provide a timing or control mechanism which employs a plurality of independently adjustable control devices which may be so inter-related that upon manual starting of the machine both slides are caused to pass through their complete cycles in their proper relation to each other.

Another object is to-provide a control for an upsetting press capable of accomplishing the foregoing obj'ectand which may readily be" conditioned for independent inching of the header slide and grip slide.

A. more specific object is to provide: a control system so arranged that the operation of the grip slide on part of its cycle initiates the operation of the header slide which, in turn, then takes over control of its own cycle and that of the grip slide and continues the control of.:-both until. the slides have returned to their normal starting positions and which stops the slides in their starting positions and resets itself so that the cycles can be reinitiated manually.

Another specific object is to provide a control mechanism comp-rising a plurality of mechanical control-devices which are rendered operative and inoperative by fi-uid pressure so as to perform their operations in. the. proper sequence and which are connected in a hydraulic system in a manner such that they will automatically per form in proper sequence but can be disconnected from the system and placed under a separate inching control by means of the concurrent shifting of a plurality of simple control valves which are rendered operative as a group for selective full cycle or inching operations by the movement of a single manually operated lever.

Another object is to render the control adjustable for maintaining the proper relations of the header slide and grip slide cycles for a Wide range of applications.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent from the following description wherein reference is made to the drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a horizontal forging machine with the present invention installed therein;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the machine illustrated in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an enlarged schematic drawing of the control system of the present invention;

Figs. 4 and 5 are respectively, a fragmentary top plan view and a fragmentary front elevation of the control valve panel of the present control system;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged front elevation, partly in section, of one of the control mechanisms of the present system used for starting the slides and for controlling part of the cycle thereof;

Fig. '7 is a front elevation partly in section illustrating the header slide brake and clutch operating control;

Fig. 8 is a horizontal sectional view of a oneoperation valve used in the present control sys tem; and

Fig. 9 is a horizontal sectional view of one of the valves of the control panel employed for connecting the system for automatic operation through a complete cycle and for connecting it for inching, selectively.

For the purposes of illustration, the forging press is, shown as one having a heavy base or frame I in which is mounted a drive shaft 2, one end of which carries a fly-wheel 3 driven through belts A by a suitable motor.

The flywheel 3 is drivingly connected to the shaft 2 by means of a suitable fluid operated clutch (not shown) which is normally disengaged but is caused to engage by the admission of fluid pressure to a suitable operating cylinder therefore, as will later be described. At the opposite end of the shaft 2 from the flywhee1 3 is a spring applied brake 5 which may be released by the application of fluid pressure to a suitable brake operating cylinder, later to be described. The shaft 2, in turn, is drivingly connected through gears 6 and I to a crank 8 which is connected by a suitable connecting rod 9 to the header slide In for reciprocating the header slide toward and away from the grip slide H2. The header slide is mounted in suitable slide ways H in the frame of the machine and carries a forging tool T having a mandrel portion M.

Mounted in the frame of the machine is a grip slide l2 which is movable transversely of the direction of movement of the header slide in in suitable slide ways l3 carried by the frame I of the machine. The grip slide [2 carries a suitable grip die part D and a complementary grip die part D is adjustably mounted in the usual manner in fixed position in the frame of the machine. The die parts D are so arranged that when the grip slide is closed, the die D firmly grips the outer surface of the stock to be formed and holds the stock in proper position for entry of the mandrel M in proper alignment for forging by the tool T.

In order to operate the grip slide, suitable links [4 and I5, pivotally connected to each other by a pivot 16, are pivotally connected at their other ends to the slide I2 and the frame of the machine. For expanding and contracting the links, a connecting link I! is pivotally connected at one end to the pivot I6 and pivotally connected at the opposite end to a reciprocable cross-head Ill. The cross-head I8, in turn, is connected to the piston [9 of a two-Way fluid pressure operated cylinder 20 which is operative to reciprocate the cross-head I8 preferably parallel to the path of movement of the header slide I0.

The cylinder 20 is connected at its rod end to a control valve 22 by means of a pipe 2| and at its head end is connected to the valve 22 by means of a pipe 23. The valve 22 is operable, as Will later be described, to admit pressure fluid to the rod end of the cylinder While exhausting it from the head end to reverse the connection for admitting working fluid to the head end of the cylinder while exhausting it from the rod end selectively so that the grip slide can be opened and closed by hydraulic or fluid pressure.

Referring next to Fig. 3, the clutch is normally disengaged and is caused to engage by admission of air to its operating cylinder 24. The brake is normally spring engaged but is disengaged by admission of fluid pressure to the operating cylinder 25.

In order best to describe the control system it will be described generally by reference to Fig. 3, reference being made later to the specific valves and control devices referred to generally in Fig. 3. The normal cyclic operation, assuming the header slide H] is in fully retracted position to the left in Fig. 1 and the grip slide I2 is in fully retracted or open position as illustrated in Fig. 1, is as follows:

First, the grip slide closes and firmly grips the stock, this operation occurring before the header slide ID has begun travelling to the right in Fig. 1, or, if desired, before the header slide It! has progressed sufficiently far to cause the mandrel M to enter the stock. After the grip slide l2 has closed, the header slide it] starts on or continues on its forward travel gathering the stock and forging it, the grip slide remaining closed. During the return stroke of the header slide the grip slide remains closed and holds the stock until such point in the stroke as the mandrel has been freed or completely withdrawn from the stock so that the stock cannot stick on and travel with the tool mandrel. Thereupon the grip slide releases and travels to open position, and then stops. The header slide continues on its return stroke and is stopped in its open position by automatic disengagement of the clutch and application of the brake. The cycle of operation can then be reinitiated manually.

In order to effect these operations in the desired relation to each other, the control system illustrated in Fig. 3 is provided. As therein illustrated, air under pressure is supplied from a suitable source of pneumatic pressure by a pressure line 38. A pipe 3i connects the line 30 with valves 32 and 33, both of which are normally open straight through valves, and both of which may be thrown to off-position, block the flow of air therethrough and concurrently exhaust the lines connected to their outlets to the atmosphere.

41. :the crank it a suitable yoke 48 to which is pivotvalve 65.

The outlet of exhaust 32 is connected' bya pipe 34 to the inlet-port35 of a starting valve 36. The "valve 33 is connected by a pipe .31 to the inlet port 38 of a one-operation valve 39. Thus,when the valves '32 and 33 are set for normal operation,

air is continuously supplied to theinlet ports "of the starting =valve it and the one-operation valve :39. The valve 36 has an outlet port 40 to admit air to'the portions of the system and an exhaust port 41 which, upon release of the valve 36 per-- mits exhaust of air from that portion of the system to which air was supplied by it. Leading from the outlet port '40 of the valve 36 is a pipe 42 which is connected to the head or inlet end of acylinder 43. The cylinder 43 is so arranged that upon admission of air to it by the valve 36, the piston thereof i moved downwardly in Figs. .3 and .6, moving a rod downwardly against the force of a restorin spring 45, and operates a bell crank 46 so as to move to the rght the control rod The rod 4'! carries at the end opposite from ally connected the operatinglever 49 of ,a reversing valve .50. The valve 50 has an inlet port 5| connected by a pipe 52 .to the supply .line 30 so that operating pressure is continuously supplied to the inlet of the valve 5&3. When air is admit- ,ted to the cylinderM by depression of the treadle of the valve 36, the resultant movement of the rod .41 throws the reversing valve lever 49 to the right in Fig. 13 permitting air to flow from the reversing valve through an outlet port 53 thereof while closing an outlet port thereof. When the lever 49 is swung to the extreme left in Fig.

3, the outlet port 53 is closed and the outlet port 54 is opened. The valve 58 has an exhaust port -55 which, when the valve lever 49 is swung to the left in Fig. 3 to an intermediate position, exhausts to the atmosphere the air in the pipe lines beyond the ports 53 and 54. Upon opening the valve 56 by the cylinder43 as described, air from the outlet port 53 passes through the pipe 56 to the rod end of the grip slide control cylinder 51 so. as to move the piston 58 thereof to the left in Fig. 3, thus setting the control valve 22 to admit Working air, or suitable hydraulic fluid, to the head end of the grip slide operating cylinder 20. This results in moving the piston l9 and the cross-head l8 to the right so as to move the grip slide [2 to closed position. Hydraulic fluid under pressure is continuously available to the valve 22 from a suitable source through the pipe 59, and the pipe Bil leads from the valve 22 to asuitable sump at the hydraulic pressure source. Thus, ,air supplied through the port 53 sets the valve .22 for moving the grip slide in the closing direction. At this time outlet 54 is closed. At the same time, air from the port 53 and pipe line 56 passes through pipe 6! and a normally open straight through valve 62 to the grip slide control As will later be described, the valve 'tt'has a piston 66 on the end of which is a fulcrum point, on which is pivotally mounted a rocker arm 6i. One end of the rocker is connected to the rod 44 and the other end carries a cam roller or follower 68 which rides on a suitable cam 69 which is circumferentially adjustably mounted on the crank shaft '8 of the header slide [0. The valve 6-5 is so arranged that when air is admitted to it through the pipe line'tl, it operates to move the pivotal fulcrum of the rocker t! to a lowered position in Fig. 3 and to hold it in said pozsitionso long as air is being admitted to the valve '65, thus forcing and holding the cam roller 68 firmly against the cam 69 and placing the rod 44 .under the control of the cam '69. Since the air "'6 for initially maintaining the fulcrum =in lowered position is supplied from-the valve .50, and since the initial operation of the valve 65 holds the valve 59, in turn, in its original operating position under the control-ofthe cam 69, the subsequent operation of the valve 60 is controlled only by the cam 69, which at this time is stationary. If, at this point, the foot treadle is released it has no eifect upon stopping of the operation, as air both to the grip slide control valve 22 and the control valve .65 continues to be admitted through the valve 50 under the control of the new stationary cam 69.

Continued movement of the grip slide toward closed position by the piston l9 under the control of the cam 59 results in movement of the crosshead [8 to the rightzin Fig. 3.

Mounted on the cross-head i8 is an adjustable cam l2 which operates a cam roller E3 of the oneoperation valve 39. When the roller 13 is on the lower portion of the cam 12, which condition obtains until the grip slide is closed, the one-operation valve 39 remains set in its startingp sition in which the admission of air throughthe inlet port 38Vis blocked and .an outlet port 14 thereof is connected to the exhaust to the atmosphere. When the grip slide moves to or substantially to fully closed position, the roller 13 is lifted by the cam '12 thus setting the valve 38 so that air from the inlet .port 38 passes through the outlet port i l. The outlet portM is connected by apipe line "iii to a normally open straight through valve 15. The outlet of the valve 16 is connected by a pipe ii to the inlet port 18 of a clutch and brake control valve 79 and by a pipe 80 to a normally closed through valve 8|, the outlet of which is connected to an inlet 82 of an inching valve 83. When air is admitted through the inlet port I8, the clutch and brake control valve 19 operate to admit pressure fluid directly from the line 34], by way of the line 84 and the valve iii, to the line 85 which leads to the brake cylinder 25 and to a line 88 which leads to the clutch cylinder 24. At the same time, it admits working air directly from the line 35 to a movable fulcrum cylinder 87 through a line 88, normally open through valveSfl, and line 9:. It must be noted that the air thus admitted to the cylinder 8i is not the control. air from the valve 3i! but the working air entering the valve 78 through the line 84. This admission of air to the cylinder til continues until the valve 19 is reset by its cam. As illustrated. the valve 59 has a piston rod 92 connected to one end of a rock lever 93, the other end of which carries a cam roller 94. The rock lever $3 i pivotally mounted for rocking movement on the outer end of a piston rod of a piston in the cylinder 81 and it is so arranged that When air is admitted through the line 9] the pivotal fulcrum is raised, thus placing the roller 94 in cooperation with and under the control of the cam 95. The cam 961s adjustable circumierentially and otherwise on the crank shaft 8 of the header slide. Thus the admission ofair to the valve 79 admits operating pressure to the cylinders 24 and 25 which then operate to release the brake and apply the clutch so as to start the header slide on the forward or gather movement and maintain this Operation under the control of the cam 96, through themedium of the cam roller 94 and rocker arm 93 so long as control pressure fluid is supplied to the line 9i and maintains the piston rod 95 in raised position.

It will be noted at this point that the grip slide first moved to or toward closed position and initiated the operation of the header slide and the header slide, as it, started'to move'on the gather stroke, took over the control of its own cycle and the reopening of the grip slide. During this part of the cycle, air has continued to flow through the one operation valve 39.

At an adjusted point in the crank shaft revolution, and consequently the cycle of operation of the header slide, the cam 69 releases the roller 68 whereupon the spring 55 lifts the rod M moving the rod 47 and the operating handle 49 to the reversing valve 50 to the extreme left. As the valve 59 passes through the intermediate position from right to left in Fig. 3, the port 53 is connected to the exhaust 55 thus releasing the pressure fluid at the rod end of the cylinder and also connecting the fulcrum adjustment cylinder 65 of the reversing valve control to exhaust. The connection of the cylinder 65 to exhaust releases the piston rod 66 and renders the cam roller inoperative by the cam 59. This same reversal of the valve 56 admits air to the port 54 which supplies air to the head end of the cylinder 51 causing it to operate the valve 22 to reverse the connection of the cylinder 2!] to the lines 59 and 60 so that the piston i9 moves to the left and moves the grip slide to open position. This movement causes the cam 12 to release the roller '13 which sets the valve 39 to exhaust. Mounted on the crank shaft 8 is a cam 9! which operates a valve 98. The valve 98 is connected by a line 99 to the valve 19 so that normally upon operation of the valve 19 to admit air to the clutch and brake cylinders 25 and 25 for starting the header slide, air is admitted to the valve 98 through the line 99. The valve 93 is connected by a line Hill to a normally open through valve we. The outlet end of the valve 98 is connected by valve l0! to the safety inlet port I92 of the valve 39. The valve 39 is arranged, as will later be described, so that the admission of air through the inlet I92 port disconnects the inlet 38 from the outlet '16, blocks the inlet, and connects the outlet 74 to exhaust so that the valve 39 cannot cause any repetition of operations until it is reset. Thus control air cannot be resupplied to inlet 19 of the valve 19 by way of the valve 39 and consequently the cylinder 8'! is dependent for continued holding up of the fulcrum of the lever 93 on operating air from the valve l9 under the control of the cam 96. Thus the header slide is still under the control of the cam 98 and the grip slide is under the control of the cam 59 but the valve 39 has been set so that the cycle cannot be repeated after it is completed.

As the header slide returns toward open position, the cam 96 allows the roller 94 to drop into the lower part of the cam thus setting the valve 79 to oil-position, cutting off the air to the clutch and brake cylinders 29 and 25 and to the cylinder 81. Thus the clutch is released and the brake applied to stop the header slide and the cycle cannot be repeated because air cannot be readmitted to the cylinder 8! except by operation of the valve I9 by air supplied from the valve 39 which has been rendered inoperative prior to the drop out of the cam 94.

When the grip slide reaches its open position to the extreme left in Fig. 3 the cam [2 permits the roller 13 to drop to the low portion of the cam 12. This operation resets the valve 39 so that air is admitted thereinto through its inlet 38 but is disconnected from the outlet 14. The operative reconnection of the outlet 14 cannot occur until the grip slide has moved again to closed position and lifts the cam roller l3.

As a result ofthis control system, the operation is started by the depression of the treadle of the valve 35 whereupon the grip slide closes, initiates operation of. the header slide which continues throughout its cycle under its own control and takes over the control of the remainder of the grip slide cycle, thus stopping itself and causing the grip slide to continue to its fully open position whereupon the grip slide takes over the function of resetting the control so that the cycle can repeat only when initiated by depressing again the treadle of the Valve 36.

As mentioned in the objects, it is desirable that independent inching of the header slide and grip slide be provided for and for this purpose the straight through valves 32, 33, I6, 62, 99 and 10! are mounted on a common panel H0 as also is the through valve 8|. As mentioned heretofore, all of the heretofore described valves of the panel H0, except the valve 8| are normally in on position, the valve 8| being normally in off position. Likewise, mounted on the panel is a normally off valve Hi which is connected by a line H2 to the inlet I E3 of the inching valve 83. At its inlet side, the valve III is connected by a valve H4 to the air supply line 39. For inching, it is necessary to throw the valves 32, 33, 62, 16, 9B and II]! to off position and to throw the valves 8i and HI to on position. Since the normally on valves are the same and are operative to connect the control system beyond their respective outlets to exhaust when in off position, the control system above described is rendered inoperative by moving the normally on valves to off position. The normally off valves, on the other hand, render the inching valve 83 inoperative by connecting it to exhaust when in the normal off position. However, upon movement of the normally off valves 8| and HI to on position, the inching valve 83 has its inlet connected directly to the source of fluid pressure and its outlet 82 connected to the inlet port 18 of the brake and clutch control valve 19. Thus, by operation of the inching valve, the brake and clutch can be operated independently of the operation of the header slide. The inching valve 83 has an exhaust H5 so arranged that when the treadle thereof is released, the line I I2 connected to the outlet port 82 thereof is connected to exhaust and the line H2 is blocked at the inlet H3 but when the treadle is depressed, the exhaust is cut off and air is admitted to the outlet 82 and thereby to the valve 19. Thus, the valve 83 may be used to inch the header slide independently of the grip slide. As mentioned, the inlet of the reversing valve 56 is connected through to the source of pressure to the line 52, the outlet 53 thereof is connected to the rod end of the cylinder 51 which controls the operation of the header slide, and the port 55 thereof is connected to the head end of the cylinder 51. When the normally on valves of the panel I If] are in off position and the normally off valves are in on position, the reversing valve 58 is disconnected operatively from all parts of the system except the opposite ends of the cylinder 51. The lever 49 is connected to the yoke 48 by means of a suitable removable pin I It. Accordingly, in order to inch the grip slide in either direction, it is necessary only to remove the pin H6 and operate the handle 49 manually.

It is desirable that all of the normally on valves be shifted to off position simultaneously with the shifting of the normally off valves to on position. For this purpose, the normally on valves 33;. 62, IOI have their operating handles I20, 12!, I22 connected to a common frame member I23 and normally on valves 32, i6 and 90 have their operating handles I2t, I25 and I26 respectively connected to the common frame member 23. The frame member I23, which is shown as twoparallel bars in Fig. 3 for clearness in illustration, is in fact a single bar as illustrated in Fig. 5, and is mounted for sliding movement longitudinally of the row of valves by means of a manually operable lever I28. The valves are so arranged along the frame member I23 that movement of the lever !28 counterclockwise sets all of the normally on valves to on position, this being the position in which the cycle of the slides is automatically controlled. lever I28 in the clockwisedireotion closes all. of the normally on valves, disconnecting the automatic control. The valves 8| and III are correspondingly arranged with respect to the frame member I23 exceptthat they are faced in the opposite direction. Their levers l3ii and ltl are so connected to the frame member I23 that the valves 8! and III are closed by movement of the frame members when the latter moves to open the normally on valves and are opened when the frame members are moved to close the normally on valves. Thus, by movement of a single lever, the entire group of valves may be set simultaneously in position for automatic operation or for inching operations selectively.

Referring next to Figs. 6 through 9, the brake and clutch control, the control for reversing the valve 50, the one-operation valve 39 and the detailedconstruction of the normally on and normally 01f panel valves will be described. It should be noted that all of the normally on and normally ofi valves on. the. panel Iii) are identical in construction, the only difference bein that the valves 8! and III are reversed endwise relative to the remainder of the valves.

Referring next to Fig. 6, the control mechanism for the reversing valve 50 by which it is operated .in response to the rotation of the crank shaft 8 after the cylinder 23 has been operated in response tothe valve 36 as illustrated. As heretofore explained, upon depression of the treadle of the valve 36, control fluid pressure is admitted through the line d2 to the cylinder 43. This depresses the piston of the cylinder 2 3 so as to lower the rod M which sets the reversing valve Ell so that air is admitted therefrom through the lines 56 and iii tothe upper end of the cylinder 55. Before this operation, the line fiI is connected to exhaust so that the piston of the cylinder 65 is freely movable upwardly in Fig. 6. The admission of air through the line 6 l however, forces downwardly the piston of the cylinder 65 and holds the piston rod 66 in lowered position, thus lowering the movable fulcrum or pivot and forcing the roller fill firmly against the cam 69. The supply of fluid pressure to the cylinder 6! continues so long as the rod M is held in depressed condition and it will be so held in response to the cam 69 even though the supply of air is discontinued from the cylinder '33. When the roller I38 reaches the low part of the cam 59, the spring can then lift the rod d4 reversing the valve thus cutting 01f the supply of air to the cylinder and connecting the line cu to exhaust, thus releasing t piston rod t5 so that the cam roller and cam 68 are no longer effective to control the operation of the reversing valve. Thus the reversing valve is placed under the control of the cam Gland roller 68 for holding the reversing Movement of theit? valve in the starting position and for a predetermined portion of the cycle of the header slide after which the control is discontinued and cannot be reinitiated until the operation of the treadle of the valve 36 to reinitiate air to the cylinder 33 through the line 22.

Referring next to Fig. '7, the clutch and brake control mechanism is illustrated in greater detail. As heretofore explained, the movement of the grip slide upwardly caused lifting of the cam roller 13 of the control valve 39, thus admitting air to the. inlet port 18 of the control valve '19 by way of the line "H, valve I6 and line 15. The admission of through the inlet port 18 to the valve it raises the valve piston Hill which carries a valve lug iii and which is normally held in downward seated position by the spring I42. In this original seated position the operating air from the line M, as distinguished from the control air through'the inlet 18 from valve 39, is blocked by the valve plug II. Upon lifting of the piston I49 by the air admitted through the port T8, the brake and clutch operating air supply from the line St is admitted to the valve [9 and therethrough to the brake cylinder line and the clutch cylinder line 86, and the valve plug Mi is moved to the top of the cylinder, thus blocking off the exhaust line I43. This causes the brake to be released and the clutch to be applied for driving the shaft 8. As heretofore pointed out, the valve 79 has an outlet port connected to the line 88 and which, interiorly of the valve, is arranged to communicate with the port leading to the line 85 so that when air is passed through the valve to the brake it is also passed to the line 88, this being the air from the operating source through line 84 as distinguished from air through the control source which is admitted through line 18. The working air passes through line 38 and the line 9| to the cylinder 8'! so as to lift the piston I4 3 thereof, thus raising the rod and elevating the fulcrum or pivot point of the lever 93 so as to place the cam roller as into operative relation to the cam 58. Since the air holding the piston Hi l in raised position is the air being admitted through the line B l, discontinuance of the air through the line it has no further effect on the valve plug MI which is now held in raised position by the cam 96, roller 94, and rocker 53. Subsequently, when the rolle 94 reaches the low part of the cam 96, as illustrated in Fig. '7, the air through the line [8 having theretofore been discontinued and connected to exhaust, the spring M2 lowers the valve plug MI first cutting off the supply of air from the line 86 to the clutch operating line 86, and then to the brake operating line 85 and the line 88 which operates the piston I44, and connecting all of these lines to exhaust. Thereupon, the piston M4 is released and returns to its lowered position so that the cam 96 is no longer effective on the roller 94 for repeating the cycle.

Referring next to Fig. 8, the valve 539 is illustrated in greater detail. The position shown is one wherein the cam roller 13 has been raised by the cam 12, the grip slide then being in closed position but after the operation of the safety valve as by which air has been admitted to the inlet Hi2 of the valve 39. Assuming that the valve 98 had not as yet operated to admit air to the inlet !02, a piston valve I 50 of the valve 39 would be at the extreme right in Fig. 8. When in this position, air from the source through the inlet 38 can pass through a duct I5I past a now open poppet inlet valve I52, through an internal passage I53 and outlet duct I54. It is to be noted that when the roller 13 is raised, the inlet poppet valve I52 is open and an exhaust poppet valve I55 is closed. The opening of the valve I52 is eifected by a rock lever I56 when it is engaged by a suitable abutment I51 on a movable casing I56 which supports the roller 13. With the piston I50 at the extreme right, air from the duct I54 can flow through ports I60 and I6I to the outlet port 14, thus renderin the valve 39 operative to supply air through the outlet 14, lines 15, 11 and 18 to the clutch and brake control valve 19. It is apparent, therefore, that air cannot be supplied to the valve 19 except when the grip slide is in closed position with the cam 12 holding the roller 13 in raised position and the piston valve I50 is at the extreme right. The piston I50 i primarily to prevent automatic repeat of the cycle and to render the control system inoperative at the proper point in the cycle. Assuming the shaft 8 is rotating and the header slide is being driven thereby on gather, having been started by admission of air from the port 14 to the valve 10 and being maintained thereafter by air through the line 84 and with the valve under the control of the cam 94, the operation would be repeated after the valve plug I4I of valve 19 was lowered by the cam if the air continued to flow through the line 18. However, before the cam roller 94 is dropped out to disconnect the brake and clutch, the cam 91 has operated the valve 96 so as to admit air through safety inlet I02 of the valve 39, thus driving the piston I50 to the extreme left to the position shown in Fig. 8. In this position, both ports I60 and I6I are blocked both from the exhaust and from the outlet port 14 and the outlet port 14 is connected by ports I63 and I64 to a suitable exhaust formed in the valve 39. Accordingly, no air can be supplied to the port 10 of the valve 19.

When the grip slide has returned sufficiently in the direction of its starting position to engage the rolls 13 with the high point of the cam 12, the casing I58 swings in a counterclockwise direction allowing the rocker I56 to be operated by a spring I65 so as to permit the spring seated inlet valve I52 to close while opening the spring seated exhaust valve I 55. This same action causes a rigid arm I66 on the casing I50 to engage a suitable abutment I61 on the piston valve I50, thus returning the piston I50 to the extreme right in Fig. 8 in which case the inlet passage 30 is connected to the outlet passage 14 through the ducts II, I53 and I54, and ports I60 and I6I, except as blocked by the valve I52.

It is apparent that immediately upon the grip slide moving the cam 12 so as to raise the roller 13, the valve I52 will be opened and the valve I55 closed and air will immediately be passed to the outlet 14.

Referring next to Fig. 9 the straight through valve BI is illustrated and is illustrative of all of the valves on the control panel H0. The valve comprises essentially a short sleeve I10 adapted for connection at its ends to the pipe line. Intermediate its ends, it is provided with an internal bridge wall I1I at opposite sides of which are ports I12 and I13, respectively. A valve collar I14 is slideable axially on the sleeve I10 and is provided with an annular chamber I arranged relative to the ports I12 and I13 so as to provide a connection therebetween when the valve sleeve I14 is at the extreme left in Fig. 9. The ports I 12 and I13 are so spaced from each other that when 12 the sleeve I14 is at the extreme right as illustrated in Fig. 9, the inlet port I12 is blocked while the other port I13 is connected to the outside atmosphere. As mentioned, the normally on valves are the same as that illustrated in Fig. 9 but are reversed end for end.

The sleeve I14 is movable to the selected positions by its operating lever I30 which, in turn, is moved by the frame membr I23 as heretofore described. Thus, it is apparent that once the machine has been started, it completes its entire cycle under automatic control and stops at the completion of the cycle and the cycle cannot be reinitiated except by the operator. On the other hand, merely by shifting the lever I23 from the run position illustrated in Figs. 3 and 5 to the inching position, the automatic control is rendered ineffective and each slide is placed under manual control independently of the other.

As mentioned, it is desirable that adjustment be provided as to each of the cycles. For this purpose, the cam 12 may be adjustably mounted for adjustment lengthwise of the slide I8. Likewise, the cam 96 is arranged in two overlapping parts, both adjustable circumferentially of the crankshaft 8. Thus not only may the cam be shifted as a whole circumferentially of the crankshaft but the two edges can be independently shifted, thus increasing and decreasing the high and low parts of the cam. Correspondingly, the cam 59 is arranged in two circumferentially adjustable parts for this same purpose.

It is to be noted that the mechanical controls of the invention are shown, for purpose of illustration, as operated for the most part by the crankshaft as this is the most convenient part of the header slide driving means on which to provide them, though it is apparent that the development of the cams may be applied directly to the header slide or other parts of the driving means for performing the same functions and such is within the scope of the invention. Likewise, in the case of the grip slide while the cam has been shown as connected directly to the crosshead I8 it is, in operative effect, the same as though connected to the driving means thereof or to the grip slide and such likewise is within the scope of the invention.

The important feature in each instance is that the mechanical controls be operatively connected to, or operated in timed relation to, the slide and to each other so as to cause the slides to operate in predetermined relation to each other.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a forging machine having a grip slide, a header slide, and separate drive means for such two slides; the combination of means manually operable to initiate actuation of such drive means for such grip slide to advance the latter, control means automatically operated by said'manually operated means to maintain the actuation of said drive means after said manually operable means returns to inoperative position and thereby to continue advance of such-grip slide toward closed position, control means responsive to predetermined advance of such grip slide automatically operative to initiate actuation of such drive means for such header slide to advance the latter, thereby positively ensuring that the work will be firmly gripped prior to engagement by such header slide, control means automatically operative to continue advance and return of such header slide to fully retracted position, and control means responsive to predetermined retraction of such header slide automatically operative to actuate such drive means for such grip slide to retract the latter, thereby positively ensuring that the work will remain firmly gripped until disengaged by such header slide.

2. In a forging machine having a grip slide, a header slide, a fluid-pressure system adapted to reciprocate such grip slide, and rotary drive means operative to reciprocate such header slide; the combination of control valve means manually operable to initiate actuation of such fluidpressure system to advance such grip slide, control means responsive to fluid pressure admitted by said valve means operative to maintain said valve means open to thereafter continue advance of such grip slide, control means for such header slide operated by predetermined advance of such grip slide to connect such header slide in driven engagement with such rotary drive means to reciprocate the same, cam control means driven with such header slide operative to reverse said valve means upon predetermined return movement of such header slide to return such grip slide, and a second cam control means driven With such header slide operative to disconnect such header slide from such rotary drive means upon return of such header slide to starting position.

3. In a forging machine having a grip slide. a header slide, a fluid-pressure piston-cylinder assembly operative to reciprocate such grip slide,

and drive means operative to reciprocate such header slide; control valve means manually operable to initiate actuation of such fluid-pressure piston-cylinder assembly to advance such grip slide, cam means rendered operative by such actuation of said valve means efiective to maintain said valve means open to continue advance of such grip slide, fluid pressure means operative to connect such header slide in driven engagement with such drive means for such header slide to advance the latter, valve means actuated by predetermined advance of such grip slide adapted to actuate said fluid pressure means, cam control means rendered operative by such actuation of said last named valve means to maintain the latter open to hold such header slide in driven engagement with such drive means therefor, said first cam means being driven with such header slide and operative to reverse said first valve means upon predetermined return movement of such header slide, thereby also to return such grip slide, and said second cam means being operative upon return of such header slide to starting position to close said second valve to disengage such header slide from such drive means therefor.

WILLIAM W. CRILEY.

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